@Ned Carey, back east you have punishing property taxes when compared to most of the west.  

Which is why I got a house on the west side.

CA OR and WA have very specific laws as it relates to what you can and cannot do with a homeowner in foreclosure you should read those before you do anything.. they have severe penalties for violators..Once you figure what you can and cannot do legally.1. as Wayne above state Credit is trashed. your bringing no value there In West coast Purchase Money Deed of trust foreclosure  credit is trashed and bank has no right for a deficiency judgement. 2. 

Those towns north of the MA Pike and west of 495 tend to get a lot more snow. 

Lucie, FL 48.96 166 24 81 Greensboro, NC 48.87 35 135 82 Long Beach, CA 48.71 163 39 83 Oklahoma City, OK 48.69 43 116 84 San Jose, CA 48.53 156 45 85 Arlington, TX 48.46 89 78 86 Denver, CO 48.42 127 61 87 Nashville, TN 48.36 77 92 88 Los Angeles, CA 48.33 172 33 89 Lexington-Fayette, KY 48.21 61 101 90 Atlanta, GA 47.95 118 71 91 Billings, MT 47.92 51 124 92 Anaheim, CA 47.87 167 43 93 North Las Vegas, NV 47.78 47 122 94 Oceanside, CA 47.64 178 14 95 Chattanooga, TN 47.63 85 91 96 Little Rock, AR 47.33 25 160 97 Washington, DC 47.21 64 110 98 Albuquerque, NM 47.18 20 147 99 Oxnard, CA 47.13 152 51 100 Cincinnati, OH 47 103 89 101 Minneapolis, MN 46.97 110 87 102 Portland, OR 46.93 124 76 103 West Valley City, UT 46.91 100 90 104 Columbus, OH 46.83 87 95 105 Missoula, MT 46.75 65 123 106 Pembroke Pines, FL 46.7 175 20 107 Garden Grove, CA 46.66 176 19 108 Fayetteville, NC 46.65 21 168 109 Riverside, CA 46.53 129 75 110 St.

If she wasn't successful finding a place while she was here she's going to have an even harder time from the west coast.

However, west Brockton is far nicer. 

Downtown McKinney and areas west of 75 are getting fixed up left and right and the values are climbing.

I do agree with Scott as I live in West Bend and my 2018 tax assessment was 15% higher than 2017 for my personal residence!

We are interested in the west side of Cleveland along with the western and southern suburbs.